When comparing Vine Messages vs Line, the Slant community recommends Line for most people. In the question“What are the best messaging apps for Android?”Line is ranked 27th while Vine Messages is ranked 31st. The most important reason people chose Line is:

Since many brands use stamps for promotional purposes, everything from movies to food brands to Taylor Swift have released stamp collections.

Pros

Pro

Can communicate outside of Vine

Pro

Video tools

Vine can capture a video for you and has a grid to help line up shots.

Pro

Video messages

Videos can be up to six seconds long.

Pro

Enormous, constantly updated stamp collection

Since many brands use stamps for promotional purposes, everything from movies to food brands to Taylor Swift have released stamp collections.

Pro

Photo filter and editing capabilities

Users have in-app editing tools, as well as Line's separate camera application, which has additional tools.

Pro

Large celebrity and public figure usage rate

The caveat is that they are in Japan, but the app is commonly used to 'follow' public figures.

Pro

Integrated social network

Similar to Facebook's timeline.

Cons

Con

Can't share images or videos from camera roll

Con

No group messaging

Con

Account is locked to the Phone Number & Device

The entire account is locked to the phone number, which cannot be changed. If the application is installed on a new device with the same phone number, the previous account data will be wiped.

Con

Users have been concentrated in Japan

Of the 360+ million registered users, the top country is Japan (50 million). Thailand and Indonesia are 2nd and 3rd with 33 and 30 million, respectively, with very small market penetration in the US (10 million, 11th place).